Cherokee County AlArchives Biographies.....Williamson, D. N. April 7 1848 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   COL. D. N. WILLIAMSON was born at Cedar Bluff, April 7, 1848, and was reared
in Jefferson county, but, before he was fifteen years of age, he enlisted in
1863, in company E, Nineteenth Alabama infantry, and thus served his time in an
heroic endeavor to serve his country, while other lads were at school. He was
assigned, with his company, to the Tennessee army, took part in the Atlanta
campaign, and at Jonesborough was wounded in the right arm. After having passed
a short time at home on forlough he joined the army at Tupelo, Miss., went with
it to the Carolinas, and took part at Bentonville and in several minor battles.
After the restoration of peace he returned to the old homestead in Cherokee
county and has been employed in farming every since. The farm comprises 320
acres of fertile land, beside which. Mr. Williamson is the owner of other land
nearer Cedar Bluff, the home being about a mile and a half from the town. He is
also a stockholder in the Cedar Bluff Land, Mining & Manufacturing company, and
also runs a cotton-gin and mill at Cedar Bluff. Mr. Williamson was united in
marriage at Cedar Bluff, in December, 1875, to Miss Mary J. Camp, who died in
June, 1890, the mother of seven children, named as follows: Josie, Charlie,
Belle, Bertha, David, Clifton and John. The second marriage of Mr. Williamson
took place at Cedar Bluff in February, 1891, to Miss Alice J. Smith, to which
union no children have yet been born. The parents of D. N. Williamson were
George J. and Martha J. (Daniel) Williamson - the latter being the widow of a
gentleman named Langston at the time of her marriage with Mr. Williamson, to
whom she bore three children, viz.: Thomas J., now of Rome, Ga.; Emma C., wife
of J. S. Watt of Cedar Bluff, and D. N. Williamson. The father of George J.
Williamson came from Rutherford county, N. C., to Alabama in 1836, and settled
in Cherokee county, where he ended his days. George J. was born in Georgia, but
was married in Cherokee county in 1840, and died in 1859. D. N. Williamson is a
master Mason, in politics is a democrat, and as a citizen is looked upon as
being one of the best in the county.




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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 640-641

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